Tuesday, February 24, 2009

TWO OR MORE TUESDAY: TEA AND BUTTERFLYS

I am really excited to be participating in Two or More Tuesday hosted by A Gypsy's Corner. I just recently started following Tam's blog and just love it. She is both interesting and sweet, the perfect combination to me. Pay her a visit and see all the participants in this event. It's a fun way to make new friends!! :-)I received this beautiful teapot, cup and tea bag dish (is this the correct way to describe this??!) from my husband on Valentine's Day. It was such a sweet and memorable day. We got up early as usual to have our morning coffee and chat as we always do and then we exchanged gifts, almost like Christmas morning! I also had little bags decorated with hearts and flowers for the girls, and the most gorgeous three dimensional cards, all glittery and girly that I found at Target. They carry Papyrus cards at a great price. All you gals probably know this being the savvy shoppers that you are, but I didn't and thought I would pass it along. Anyway, they delighted in their little bags filled with inexpensive jewelry and chocolates. But I was truly surprised and touched at this beautiful gift The Husband gave me. He is always so generous in his gift giving because he truly tries to find the things that you will love but wouldn't buy for yourself, and I love that quality. He was so unsure if I would like this, but my gosh, who wouldn't?This tea set is made by Lenox and is from the Butterfly Meadow collection. He thought it would be perfect for that second cup of tea, filling the cup and pot with water. The little tea bag holder is much more elegant than a paper napkin or plate as I usually use!

Here is a close~up of the butterfly on the lid. Isn't it precious? It truly makes me think of spring and oh my gosh, that is a heavenly thought living in Chicago!

Here I have the three pieces...

Finally you ask, what is with this dog in the post? Well this is Layla, Milo's little sister. Layla gets the bum rap a lot because pictures of Milo always seem to make it in my posts, probably because he is always doing foolish and crazy things when I am taking my pictures! But Layla is just such a sweet and gentle old soul, although not technically old. Her birthday is tomorrow and she is turning two!! She is a chihuahua/mix with a crooked tail and very haphazard markings. She is also bowlegged (we should have named her Lucky!!). So anyway, here is my little darling, sitting on the window ledge like a cat! Happy birthday Layla!

I hope you enjoyed the gift I received from my husband. He is just so thoughtful and kind sometimes, I am so blessed to be spending the rest of my life with him. I should have been named Lucky.

Janie~First of all, I just read on someone else's blog that the word verification problem has been an issue for a number of people. Thankfully, I haven't run into it myself.

I love your teapot...and the story behind it! How very sweet of your hubby to get that for you! He really knows the way to your heart, doesn't he? Don't little gestures like that mean the most? I think you're both quite the lucky ones!

Good morning, Blondie girl,What a sweet post you have today.I adore the gift from your sweet hubby. And I strongly suspect that BOTH of you are the blessed ones!!Thanks for sharing your sweet little doggie, too...

Janie,aw thank you for your very kind words and what a fabulous post for 'Three Or More'. I LOVE teapots and yours is just precious and of course how can you not like the story behind it. I'm so sorry that many of you had trouble posting comments on my blog. I fixed it this morning by turning word verification off, hopefully this will fix it for good...:o)Thank you for playing along with us this Tuesday.Have a wonderful evening,Tam

I don't think that I have been to her blog yet. Thank you for the introduction. I love your tea pots. I think the best part of setting tea, are all the memories that come to life on the table.Oh, and your Layla is adorable.Karen

Hi! I must have missed your Outdoor Wednesday post for this week, but I wanted to say what a sweet teapot that is. So thoughtful of your husband to give it to you. And Layla is a sweetheart, too! All the best.

Hi Janie :)What a great gift your hubby gave you! The little butterfly dish is so cute. It all definitely makes me want spring! And happy birthday to your Layla ;) Hope you have a great (and warm) Wednesday~

Hi Janie, I just love your teapot-such a beautiful gift. I'm very behind in visiting my blogging friends--bogged down with extra work for my job and also a full house here at home this weekend and the coming week.

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Hi! My husband gave me the name Blondie a long time ago & it has stuck! I am a Midwestern girl but I now live in a quiet & beautiful neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. I adore my husband and four children, two boys, two girls.
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